Philip Stanhope (illegitimate son and letter recipient)

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Philip Stanhope was the illegitimate son of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, best known as the recipient of his father's famous didactic letters on manners and education.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf person
alsoKnownAs Philip Stanhope the Younger
associatedWork Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
birthDate 1732
birthPlace France
burialPlace Trinity Church, Chesterfield Street, Mayfair, London
causeOfDeath illness
child Charles Stanhope
Philip Stanhope (grandson of the 4th Earl of Chesterfield)
citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
correspondenceEndApprox 1768
correspondenceStartApprox 1746
correspondentOf Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
deathDate 1768
educatedAt University of Leipzig
era 18th century
father Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
genreOfCorrespondence didactic letters
illegitimateChildOf Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
languageOfCorrespondence English
mainThemeOfLetters education
manners
worldly success
mother Mademoiselle du Bouchet
name Philip Stanhope
linked to: Philip Dormer
nationality British
notableFor being the recipient of Lord Chesterfield’s letters
inspiring the work Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman
occupation diplomat
patron Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
positionHeld British envoy at Dresden
British envoy at Hamburg
relative Charles Stanhope
Eugenia Stanhope
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Philip Stanhope (grandson of the 4th Earl of Chesterfield)
residence Dresden
Hamburg
London
linked to: London, England
socialStatus illegitimate offspring of a British peer
spouse Eugenia Stanhope
subjectOf Letters to His Son

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